Built by Sultan Ahmet as a part of a large complex, among the Turkish people it is called Sultan Ahmet Mosque. However, visitors fascinated with the beautiful blue tiles always remember it as the Blue Mosque. The complex consisted of a mosque,tombs, fountains, a healt center, kitchens, shops, a bath, rooms, houses and storehouses.
The architect was one of the apprentices of Mimar Sinan, Sedefkar Mehmet Ağa. He designed oneof the last examples of the classic period's architectural style. The mosque is situated in awide courtyard that has five gates. There is an inner courtyard next to the mosque with three entrances. The inner courtyard is surrounded by porticos consisting of 26 columns and 30 domes. The şadırvan (ablution fountain) in the middle issymbolic, because the actual ones are outside on the walls of the inner courtyard.
The interior of the mosque is a square with a width of 51,65 m and and a lenght of 53,40 m covered by a dome. There are 260 windows that no longer have the original stained glass. The walls all along the galleries are covered with 21 thousand 17C İznik tiles having many flower motifs in a dominant blue color.
The Sultanahmet Square
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